The board of education for Valdez City Schools is poised to crack down on a recent uptick in marijuana related infractions and alcohol related “busts” that have ensnared a small but growing number of upper-grade students in recent months. It is...

As Alaska’s billion lakes become colder and harder, some of them will sport mysterious, spidery cracks extending from small holes in the ice. This phenomenon inspired a geophysicist to figure out what he calls “lake stars.” “I thought...